EPA restores regular water flow in Kansas creek devastated by 2022 oil pipeline break
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday the creek near Washington, Kansas, covered in crude oil in December 2022 was flowing naturally after months of remediation work. The disaster occurred when a 36-inch Keystone pipeline burst. (Kansas Reflector screen capture of EPA photograph)
TOPEKA — The U. S . Environmental Protection Agency says the creek near Washington, Kansas, inundated with 588,000 gallons of oil when a 36inch pipeline ruptured nearly one year ago was now flowing naturally.
The final visual inspection of Mill Creek in northcentral Kansas on Oct. 13 led EPA to declare oil recovery operations completed in what has been categorized as the biggest U.S. oil spill in n…
